lumpish

Example Sentences

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The contrast with Durant’s lumpish Johnny makes no sense.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

Justine, in middle age, is a compulsive runner who wishes she’d traveled more when young and hadn’t settled for Steve, her lumpish husband.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2021

As for Seb, he does talk—and how and when he talks is yet another mark of Chazelle’s lumpish taste.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 8, 2016

Now we know better: He is a mediocre, lumpish villain.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2014

But Jule couldn’t stand a day at the pool with those high school boys, lumpish little show-offs.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart